Personal trainer with a fear of body fluids has won a disability claim after refusing to pick up sweaty towels in the gym she works at Ali Burton, 27, works as personal trainer for a Nuffield Health gym in West Sussex She suffers anxiety disorder ‘triggered’ by touching items with ‘hygiene issues Despite telling bosses … Read more
Dakota Johnson is a successful actress who has had critically-acclaimed roles and even starred in a very successful movie franchise. But her father Don Johnson revealed that she had much more incentive to make it in Hollywood than most kids with two actors for parents. The 71-year-old actor appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers … Read more
Desmond Ziggy Mombeyarara, pictured at an earlier hearing last year, is on trial accused of obstructing police officers and drink driving A father pulled over for speeding was Tasered by police in front of his young child on a petrol station forecourt after allegedly ‘refusing to comply’, a trial has heard. Desmond Ziggy Mombeyarara, 35, … Read more
A delivery driver is believed to be the first worker in Britain sacked for refusing to wear a face mask during the pandemic – inside his lorry. Deimantas Kubilius was fired following the incident two months into the first national lockdown in 2020, and has now lost a subsequent legal battle against the dismissal. The … Read more
‘Barmy’ Wrexham council is slammed for refusing to replace missing litter bins because they ‘attract rubbish’ In counterintuitive move a North Wales council has removed bins to reduce litter Wrexham council branded ‘barmy’ by one critic after claiming ‘bins attract litter’ Council’s environmental chief said people are more likely to fly-tip near bins By Milly Vincent … Read more
A police raid on a gym in Liverpool which breached Covid rules by refusing to close saw officers pin a man to the floor and wield batons at people who attempted to flee. Three people were arrested and 52 people were fined when police raided Prophecy Performance Centre in Speke, Merseyside, on Sunday afternoon. CCTV … Read more
Barrister launches legal action against a police force after he was arrested, handcuffed and locked in the back of a squad car when he refused to breach Covid rules for a voluntary interview Joe Rich went to police station to discuss a boundary dispute with a neighbour Stand off ensued as he pointed out the … Read more
Police probe footage of man being hauled away by Covid crackdown cops after refusing to give his name when he was stopped ‘on his way to work’ The man was stopped by police officers in Solihull, West Midlands yesterday The two police officers were understood to be enforcing lockdown regulations In footage shared online, the … Read more
Nearly half of all people in some areas with a large population of ethnic minorities are refusing the Covid vaccine when offered it due to fears about what it contains. In Birmingham, 50 per cent of people living in areas with high populations of Asian and African-Caribbean people turned down the vaccine when offered it. In … Read more
Armed police seal off London street in 22-hour lockdown stand-off with ‘gunman’ refusing to leave property Police have been at the scene in Southall, West London, since 2.12pm Thursday One local shopkeeper estimated 60 officers were there at one point Footage of last night shows them asking person inside to come to the window Officer … Read more